full halt of computer - Slackware

This is a discussion on full halt of computer - Slackware ; I have an old computer (1997) that was used to fully halt when sent
the command 'halt' under slack12.0.
but now with slack 12.1 (new install, not upgrade) the computer
doesn't fully halt. All drives stop but the mainbord and ...

full halt of computer

I have an old computer (1997) that was used to fully halt when sent
the command 'halt' under slack12.0.

but now with slack 12.1 (new install, not upgrade) the computer
doesn't fully halt. All drives stop but the mainbord and the graphics
still run. The message on the screen is "machine halted" and i have to
push on the main OFF button on the case to end the process.

Re: full halt of computer

On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:11:47 -0700 (PDT), heavytull wrote:
>I have an old computer (1997) that was used to fully halt when sent
>the command 'halt' under slack12.0.
>
>but now with slack 12.1 (new install, not upgrade) the computer
>doesn't fully halt. All drives stop but the mainbord and the graphics
>still run. The message on the screen is "machine halted" and i have to
>push on the main OFF button on the case to end the process.

There's a kernel option for that, but you need to make a custom kernel...

Re: full halt of computer

On August 8, 2008 19:11, in alt.os.linux.slackware, heavytull
(heavytull@hotmail.com) wrote:
> I have an old computer (1997) that was used to fully halt when sent
> the command 'halt' under slack12.0.
>
> but now with slack 12.1 (new install, not upgrade) the computer
> doesn't fully halt. All drives stop but the mainbord and the graphics
> still run. The message on the screen is "machine halted" and i have to
> push on the main OFF button on the case to end the process.

OK, so you need to enable the APM or ACPI daemon.

The acpid daemon is installed by the acpid package, while the apmd daemon is
installed by the apmd- package.

Re: full halt of computer

Hallo, heavytull,

Du meintest am 08.08.08:
> I have an old computer (1997) that was used to fully halt when sent
> the command 'halt' under slack12.0.
> but now with slack 12.1 (new install, not upgrade) the computer
> doesn't fully halt.